The Foreign Subtitle

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The habit of combining one- or two-word titles with a subtitle for foreign release so the public will have a better idea what the work is about. It's a way to give people who haven't heard about the original work an idea of the premise without making it unknown to the people who do know the original work by name. Sometimes the subtitle is a direct translation of the original title (if it is kept in the original language), making the name redundant, or it may be something that explains the plot.

Note: Most, if not all these examples, apply only to titles translated in France. In Quebec and other French-speaking parts of Canada, the title is usually completely translated or left completely untouched.

Goal of the Dead - Elf Zombies müsst ihr sein (You have to be 11 zombies)note An allusion to the well known "Elf Freunde müsst ihr sein" soccer quote definitely not by Sepp Herberger.

From English to Hungarian

Alien - Nyolcadik utas a Halál (The eighth passenger is Death — originally an example of Completely Different Title, but they later reinstalled the title Alien and made The eight passenger... a subtitle). The sequels took it up with Theme Naming:

Dallas: Scandalous City (2012 sequel)note The name is an elaborated pun between the pronounciation of the eponymous city in Japanese (as "da-ra-su") with the Japanese spelling of the English word "scandalous" (as su-kyan-da-ra-su)

Injustice: Hero no Gekitou (Clash of the Heroes)note The "Hero" part is actually furigana spelled over the kanji characters for "Kamigami", which can be alternatively translated as "Clash of the Gods".

Tokushu Butai Jackal (Special Forces Group) [the Konami arcade game] note The NES port was released under the title ofFinal Command: Akai Yōsai (The Red Fortress), after it was converted to the Disk System format and had its levels cut down.

MiG-29: Kyuuso Neko o Kamu for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. The Japanese subtitle is a pun on a proverb meaning "a cornered rat will bite a cat"; here "kyuuso" is written as "former Soviet" instead of "cornered rat."

Moonmist: Shiroki Kifujin no Nazo (The Mystery of the Noble White Lady)

Ghost in the Shell: A Agente do Amanhã (The Agent of Tomorrow) (Portugal). Inverted in Brazil, with A Vigilante do Amanhã: Ghost In The Shell '' (The Watchwoman of Tomorrow; the anime is known there as "The Ghost From The Future")

In a case where it preceded the Oddly Named Sequel, Hitman: Agente 47 in Portugal (forcing them to release Hitman: Agent 47 without the subtitle) and Assassino 47 in Brazil (allowing for the sequel subtitle).

Hitch - A Cura para o Homem Comum (The Cure for the Common Man) (Portugal)

Warcraft: O Primeiro Encontro de Dois Mundos (The First Encounter of Two Worlds)note The subtitle is a currently used analogy about the the discovery of America, being the two worlds the American and the European continents. In this case, the same analogy is used for both humans and orcs instead.

WarCraft: El primer encuentro de dos mundos: (The First Encounter of Two Worlds)note See the Portuguese note above - given both Spain and Portugal partook in the American exploration, not surprising they went the same route.[

Inverted with the first Golden Sun game, which lacked its "The Broken Seal" subtitle in the English release. The other Golden Sun games kept their subtitles, though.

Also inverted with the seventh Fire Emblem, which was titled Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken ("The Blazing Blade") in Japan and just Fire Emblem everywhere else due to being the first entry in the series to get a worldwide release. This can cause some confusion, as "Fire Emblem" alone could refer to the original Famicom game in the series, Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi ("Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light"). The confusion does seem to be being addressed gradually, as a remake of the Famicom game has been released internationally as "Shadow Dragon" and game seven has been identified as "Blazing Blade" in Fire Emblem Heroes.

Inverted with Sin and Punishment, where the "Successor of the Earth" subtitle was omitted in the English release.

Inverted with Super Mario World, where its subtitle Super Mario Bros. 4 was dropped in the international release.

Inverted for the first The Legend of Zelda, which was titled The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda in the original Famicom Disk System release. The subtitle became the title internationally, which was carried over with later games even in Japan.

Inverted with the Wario Land series; multiple games had subtitles removed:

The Mystery of Mamo was originally released in Japan as simply Lupin III. Since the title is also the name of the franchise, and past works in the franchise, the translation teams have released the film under several titles, such as Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo or Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo. The Japanese have fallen to Franchise-Driven Retitling and renamed it to Lupin III: Lupin vs. the Clones, just to drive home the number of times this movie has been retitled.

Musya: The Classic Japanese Tale of Horror. This new subtitle was not added to the title screen (as usual for games of this era), where the text "IMOTO'S SAGA-MUSYA" was inserted instead.

Kengo: Master of Bushido

Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends, with "I don't have many friends" being a translation of the Japanese title.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhoodnote The original 2003 anime series was titled Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, while the 2009 adaptation used the franchise's English title as a subtitle, which would had been pretty redundant when translated back.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Not the series itself, but the two Compilation Movies got subtitles in English. In Japanese they were just titled Gurren-hen and Lagann-hen ("hen" meaning "chapter"), but in English the movies were subtitled Childhood's End and The Lights in the Sky Are Stars, respectively.

Kiteretsu: Nobita's Smarter Cousin. While there is no English dub of Kiteretsu, this English title is seen in the opening titles on Spanish dubs of the show.

Inverted for Puella Magi Madoka Magica, taken from the subtitle of the somewhat confusing full original title, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The words "Puella," "Magi," and "Magica" are all Gratuitous Latin, and either half of the original title roughly translates to "Magical Girl Magical Madoka," since "mahou" and "magica" both mean "magic."

Only used for the two PS2-era entries. From the PS3 era and onward, the Korean releases of the games would use the translated titles instead and would even get localized logos during the PS4 era once they started actually translating the content of the games (as opposed to merely reissuing the Japanese software with Korean packaging).

From Japanese to Portuguese

Kochikame: Academia de Polícia (Police Academy)note This title is only used in advertisements since the Spanish dub with added subtitles is broadcasted instead.

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